Ontario Enters Step 3 of Roadmap to Reopen Plan

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Friday, 16 July 2021 06:15

Indoor dining rooms, movie theatres and gyms will be able to open this weekend, now that the province has entered Step 3 of the Roadmap to Reopen Plan.

ONTARIO - Ontario has entered Step 3 of the Roadmap to Reopen Plan.

This means indoor dining rooms, gyms, movie theatres, casinos, museums and art galleries will be able to open today with public health measures in effect.

The capacity limits for essential and non-essential retail stores will be based on the number of people that can maintain a physical distance of two metres. Face coverings remain mandatory in indoor public settings.

Step 3 also allows for outdoor gatherings of up to 100 people and indoor gatherings of up to 25 people.

Ontario is expected to remain in Step 3 for at least 21 days. Eighty percent of eligible individuals will have to have their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 75 percent must be fully vaccinated as well. Every health unit must have 70 percent of their population fully vaccinated before more restrictions can be loosened province-wide.

You can find a list of Step 3 restrictions below and you can find more information online here;

- Outdoor social gatherings and organized public events with up to 100 people with limited exceptions;
- Indoor social gatherings and organized public events with up to 25 people;
- Indoor religious services, rites or ceremonies, including wedding services and funeral services permitted with physical distancing;
- Indoor dining permitted with no limits on the number of patrons per table with physical distancing and other restrictions still in effect;
- Indoor sports and recreational fitness facilities to open subject to a maximum 50 per cent capacity of the indoor space. Capacity for indoor spectators is 50 per cent of the usual seating capacity or 1,000 people, whichever is less. - Capacity for outdoor spectators is 75 per cent of the usual seating capacity or 15,000 people, whichever is less;
- Indoor meeting and event spaces permitted to operate with physical distancing and other restrictions still in effect and capacity limited to not exceed 50 per cent capacity or 1,000 people, (whichever is less);
- Essential and non-essential retail with with capacity limited to the number of people that can maintain a physical distance of two metres;
- Personal care services, including services requiring the removal of a face covering, with capacity limited to the number of people that can maintain a physical distance of two metres;
- Museums, galleries, historic sites, aquariums, zoos, landmarks, botanical gardens, science centres, casinos/bingo halls, amusement parks, fairs and rural exhibitions, festivals, with capacity limited to not exceed 50 per cent capacity indoors and 75 per cent capacity outdoors;
- Concert venues, cinemas, and theatres permitted to operate at:
up to 50 per cent capacity indoors or a maximum limit of 1,000 people for seated events (whichever is less)
up to 75 per cent capacity outdoors or a maximum limit of 5,000 people for unseated events (whichever is less); and up to 75 per cent capacity outdoors or a maximum of 15,000 people for events with fixed seating (whichever is less).
- Real estate open houses with capacity limited to the number of people that can maintain a physical distance of two metres; and
- Indoor food or drink establishments where dance facilities are provided, including nightclubs and restobars, permitted up to 25 per cent capacity or up to a maximum limit of 250 people (whichever is less).